Learn Not Blame: how a grassroots campaign struck a chord

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Pious but biased, blame is a one-way street, in which we blame others, but not ourselves. But if we're honest with ourselves, we realize that right and wrong, and good and bad, are a two-way street. So let’s have more balanced, honest conversations with ourselves and others, and stop our sanctimonious pretense, because it's a blind dead-end street where minds never meet.